adminMADRID. — Spanish prosecutors want Brazilian soccer star Neymar tried over fraud allegedly committed during his 2013 transfer to Barcelona, a judicial source said yesterday.
Prosecutors from Spain’s top criminal court accuse the striker, his father, Barca’s ex-president Sandro Rosell and the club itself of concealing the cost of the multi-million-euro transfer from Brazilian investment fund DIS.
DIS held 40 percent of the 24-year-old’s sporting rights when he played at Brazil’s Santos club and has claimed it was cheated of its real share of the transfer due to parallel contracts that Barcelona and Santos allegedly used to hide the total cost. The case first came to light after fans and members of Barcelona launched an internal complaint, leading eventually to the resignation of Rossell. — AFP.
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